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France at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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France at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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The contingent of France at the 2008 Summer Olympics comprised 323 athletes, who competed in 23 sports. They won 43 medals, including seven golds, to rank 10th on the medals table.[1]

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Medalists

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Archery

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France will send archers to the Olympics for the twelfth time. France qualified a full team of three women by placing eighth in the women's team event at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships.[3] The nation had no men qualify at the world tournament, but Romain Girouelle earned the nation one spot in the men's individual competition at the European qualifying tournament.[4]

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Athletics

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The French athletics team, composed of 52 athletes, including 18 relay competitors, for 2008 Summer Olympics was announced on the July 28, 2008, following the French National Championships held in Albi. Frank Chevallier, the national technical director, believes that France has a better chance of winning two to four athletic medals.[6]

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  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men[7]
Track & road events
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Field events
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Combined events – Decathlon
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Women[7]
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Combined events – Heptathlon
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* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[8] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and both French heptathletes moved up a position.

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Badminton

France is being represented by two athletes.[9]

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Boxing

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France qualified nine boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Oubaali, Vastine, and M'Bumba qualified at the 2007 World Championships.[10] Djelkhir became the fourth French qualifier at the first European qualifying tournament.[11] Thomas, Hallab, Sow, and Chiguer joined the French Olympic team by qualifying at the 2nd continental qualifier.[12]

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Canoeing

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Slalom

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Sprint

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Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

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Cycling

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Track

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Pursuit
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Keirin
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Omnium
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Mountain biking

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BMX

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Diving

Women[13]
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Equestrian

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Dressage

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Eventing

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* Nicolas Touzaint, a 2004 team gold medallist, had to withdraw just before the start of the competition because of an injury to his horse.[14] His score was automatically set to 1000.00 for team purposes. When Jean Renaud Adde was later eliminated from the competition for falling off his horse on the cross-country course,[15] the same happened to him, causing an astronomical team score for the cross-country ride.

Fencing

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Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Marks and ranks from vault qualification differ as two vaults are used to determine event finalists while only the first of those counts toward the all-around total. Thomas Bouhail qualified for the all-around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, three gymnasts ranked ahead of him were ineligible.

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Trampoline

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Handball

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Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[16][17]

Head coach: Claude Onesta

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10 August 2008
14:00
France  34 – 26  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Girault 7 (19–11) Ertel 5
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12 August 2008
14:00
China  19 – 33  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
Hao 5 (7–19) three players 5
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14 August 2008
20:45
France  23 – 19  Croatia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega, Paladenko (RUS)
Gille 7 (11–9) Džomba 5
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16 August 2008
14:00
France  28 – 21  Spain Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Gille 6 (16–10) García 7
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18 August 2008
20:45
Poland  30 – 30  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
Jurecki 7 (16–13) Karabatić 8
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Quarterfinal
20 August 2008
12:00
France  27 – 24  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Narcisse 9 (13–10) Kokcharov 5
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Semifinal
22 August 2008
18:00
France  25 – 23  Croatia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Burdet, Narcisse 6 (12–11) Horvat, Šprem 5
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Gold medal game
24 August 2008
15:45
Iceland  23 – 28  France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Stefánsson 5 (10–15) Karabatić 8
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Final rank

 Gold

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the France roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[18]

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

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9 August 2008
09:00
France  32 – 21  Angola Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Herbrecht 8 (13–14) Bengue, Almeida 5
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11 August 2008
09:00
Kazakhstan  18 – 21  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Ajiderskaya 7 (8–10) Lacrabère 6
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13 August 2008
10:45
Romania  34 – 26  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Maier 11 (17–13) Tervel 6
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15 August 2008
19:00
France  24 – 34  Norway Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Baudouin 6 (12–15) Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6
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17 August 2008
15:45
France  18 – 21  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
Ayglon 5 (10–9) Wu Wenjuan 5
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Quarterfinal
19 August 2008
20:15
Russia  32 – 31 (ET)  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
Bliznova 6 (12–16) Signaté 7
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FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 4–3

Classification semifinal
21 August 2008
14:15
Romania  34 – 36 (ET)  France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Līcis, Stoļarovs (LAT)
Maier 9 (13–12) Baudouin 7
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FT: 27–27 ET: 4–4, 3–5

5th–6th place
23 August 2008
10:15
China  23 – 31  France Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Liu Yun 7 (10–15) Herbrecht, Pecqueux-Rolland 7
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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Rowing

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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

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Open
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M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

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Swimming

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France sent a total of 35 swimmers to these Games, including Alain Bernard[19] and Laure Manaudou.[20]

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* Competed in the heats only

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* Competed in the heats only

Synchronized swimming

France will have two entrants in synchronized swimming, competing in the duet event.[13]

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Table tennis

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Taekwondo

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Tennis

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Triathlon

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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Key:

  • VTVictory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
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  • Ara Abrahamian of Sweden, who beat Melonin Noumonvi for bronze in the 84 kg class, was stripped of his medal for violating the spirit of fair play. However, the medal was not handed to Noumonvi or any other wrestler.
  • Yannick Szczepaniak originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Khasan Baroev.
Women's freestyle
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